Fight Results
The big action last night was the ten round heavyweight showdown between former WBC Champion Samuel Peter and USBA titlist Eddie Chambers at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, CA. Coming into the bout a career heavy 265 pounds, Peter obviously wasn’t there to try and outbox the far quicker Chambers and early on the…
Two shows last night in the UK with the bigger bill taking place at the Bellahouston Sports Centre in Glasgow, Scotland. Local hero Ricky Burns was in action as the Commonwealth Super Feather Champ put his title belt at risk against former British Champion Michael Gomez in what had turned into a grudge match complete…
© Lawrence Lustig Ryan Brawley lived up to his billing as bookmakers’ favourite to become the Prizefighter Lightweight Champion. Brawley, 23, claimed a unanimous points decision victory over Liverpool’s Stephen Burke in the conclusion of a thrilling evening of tournament boxing featuring eight British lightweights.
In front of 9,000 screaming fans at a packed 02 Arena in Dublin, Ireland, local hero Bernard Dunne upset the odds in a big way by taking the WBA Super Bantam title from Panamanian southpaw Ricardo Cordoba in once of the most competitive and ferocious fights in a very long time. Cordoba won the first…
Former World Light Heavyweight Champion Roy Jones Jr, 53-5 (39), made a successful comeback following his loss to Joe Calzaghe last November with a fifth round stoppage of former super middle world title challenger Omar Sheika, 27-9 (18), at the Civic Center in Jones’ hometown of Pensacola, FL. On the support bill, undefeated cruiserweight contender…
A lot of action took place south of the border this weekend, mostly in Argentina and we kick this report off in The Land of Silver with a massive show at Club Atletico Newell’s Old Boys in Rosario on Saturday. South America’s top welterweight, Sebastian Andres Lujan, 31-5-2 (20), headlined the card but was pushed…
There were two good cards Down Under on Friday, and we start off at the Manly Leagues Club in Brookvale, NSW where there was a battle for the vacant WBO Oriental Light Heavyweight title. New Zealander Kariz Kariuki, 16-7-2 (15), bounced back from a KO loss at the hands of slugger Victor Oganov almost a…
There was a good show north of the border on Friday as Orion Sports Management put on a bill at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario. Former IBF Bantam title challenger Heriberto Ruiz, 41-7-2 (23), of Mexico captured the vacant IBF Intercontinental Super Bantam crown with a 12 round unanimous decision over Panamanian southpaw Mauricio Martinez,…
Last night at Hans Martin Schleyer Halle in Stuttgart, WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko retained his crown with a win over former WBC Cruiserweight titlist. This was a messy bout, from start to finish, marred by many clinches, collisions, missed punches, and plain old awkwardness on the part of both fighters that just multiplied as…
2007 amateur world champion and 2008 US Olympian Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade made his second consecutive appearance on ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights” this Friday at the Laredo Entertainment Center in Laredo, TX and improved his record to 4-0 (4). Andrade once again showed why many consider him to be the top amateur prospect to come…
Undefeated middleweight/super middleweight sensation Edwin “La Bomba†Rodriguez had a very successful “Homecoming,†stopping 30-fight veteran Patrick Thompson for only the second time in his career in Thursday night’s main event at historic Mechanics Hall in Worcester, MA. “Homecoming,†promoted by DiBella Entertainment in association with Manfredo’s Gym, was taped live as part of DiBella’s…
Last night at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England, lightweight Amir Khan stepped up to take on former multi-weight world champion Marco Antonio Barrera and came away with the biggest win of his career. At 35 years of age, former super bantam, featherweight and super feather champion Barrera proved just too small and faded to…